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I'm constantly tortured, and t...

I'm constantly tortured, and that's why I say happiness is irrelevant. Happiness is for children and yuppies.

John Zorn 71 quotes

One thing that I do ask myself...

One thing that I do ask myself when I'm in the creative process is, 'Does the world need this?'

John Zorn 71 quotes

People sometimes have a very h...

People sometimes have a very hard time accepting change.

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Classical stuff takes a lot of...

Classical stuff takes a lot of rehearsal time and preparation, but with stuff that involves improvisation, you can over-rehearse it and it gets stale. You don't want it to be too comfortable. In fact, a good sound check, a good rehearsal usually means a bad performance.

John Zorn 71 quotes

I don't ascribe to the idea of...

I don't ascribe to the idea of the ivory tower composer who sits alone in a room composing his masterpieces and then comes down from Mount Sinai with the tablets. It doesn't work like that. The job of a composer is putting something down on a piece of paper that will inspire the person who's playing.

John Zorn 71 quotes

I put together the influences ...

I put together the influences of my life in as clear a way as I possibly can, in the same way that Beethoven or Schoenberg or Bach put their influences together.

John Zorn 71 quotes

I run around, I listen to a lo...

I run around, I listen to a lot of music, go to a lot of concerts. And when I see someone that gases me, I try to go out of my way to involve them somehow in what I'm doing or get involved in what they're doing.

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I used to look at composing mu...

I used to look at composing music as problem solving. But as I get older, it's not about problem solving anymore. There are no solutions, because there are no problems. You just turn the tap and it flows out.

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It's a blast to watch. It's a ...

It's a blast to watch. It's a lot more interesting live than it is on record. I mean, it really is a theatrical event. It's a sporting event! Cause you never know what's gonna happen.

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My solo music - I get up onsta...

My solo music - I get up onstage, I improvise and it's my improvisation. When I get up onstage with Fred Frith and Mike Patton, then we're improvising together. Then it's not my music; it's our music.

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One of the reasons I started T...

One of the reasons I started Tzadik, which is my own label, is to keep things in print. I got tired of labels dropping things out of print when they don't sell.

John Zorn 71 quotes

That was my challenge as a com...

That was my challenge as a composer. Like with anything, to keep yourself interested in doing what you do, you set yourself challenges. So I said, Okay, I'll try to write a hundred tunes in a year.

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The magic that you find in sur...

The magic that you find in surf music, I think, is really timeless. You know, when I was very young, I was in a surf band. Surf music is an instrumental music that still means a lot to me, not in an nostalgic way, but as something that really gets to the heart of the guitar itself.

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I create work, and I devote my...

I create work, and I devote myself to the creative process, and I try to stay pure in that process and be worthy of the messages that I receive. You can't sit down and write 300 compositions in a three-month period and think that you're doing it all by yourself.

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I feel like there are messages...

I feel like there are messages. I feel like there are angels. I feel that there is a legacy and an energy. And I feel that it's possible to tap into that.

John Zorn 71 quotes

Music is about people for me. ...

Music is about people for me. It's not about sounds. It's about people; it's about putting people into challenging situations. And for me, challenges are opportunities.

John Zorn 71 quotes

You need to believe in somethi...

You need to believe in something that's bigger than yourself. I think that's what everybody wants to believe in that.

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I have art. I have music. I ha...

I have art. I have music. I have the history, this legacy behind me that I can look up to. This is what I believe in. If you want to call it God or spirituality, that's all up to you. Basically I believe in something that's bigger than myself, and that gives my life meaning.

John Zorn 71 quotes

I'm not a practicing kabbalist...

I'm not a practicing kabbalist. I'm not a spiritual master. I'm not a rabbi. I don't - but it's part of who I am.

John Zorn 71 quotes

I was always an outsider, prou...

I was always an outsider, proud of being an outsider. I always reveled in the outsiders.

John Zorn 71 quotes

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